arduous

Adjective Satellite

• characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
  • "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"
• taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance; ; ; - F.D.Roosevelt
  • "your willingness after these six arduous days to remain here"
• difficult to accomplish; demanding considerable mental effort and skill
  • "the arduous work of preparing a dictionary"

Adj

• Needing or using up much energy; testing powers of endurance.
• burning; ardent
• Difficult or exhausting to traverse.

Adjective

• Involving strenuous effort; difficult and tiring.

Examples

• Finding a place for ’QI’ can be an arduous task.
• The movement towards a peaceful settlement has been a long and arduous political struggle.

Synonyms

backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, straining, strenuous, toilsome, burdensome, demanding, exhausting, fatiguing, onerous, strugglesome, wearisome

Related Words

arduity

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